Chained is the first book in the Cage of Lies Saga. Follow Maya in this heart-stopping dystopian romance filled with suspense, mystery and action. If you love Dystopian fiction best sellers like The Hunger Games, Divergent or The Gender Game then this series is for you!

Terrified of the contamination and the creatures it has created, humanity hides behind The Wall. No one knows what lies beyond the wasteland. Maya has never thought much about what might still be out there, lurking in the forgotten places. But when she's thrust into the unknown, she is forced to question everything she has ever been told. Not everyone outside died, some of them became something...else. As her heart is torn in two, every choice she makes is harder than the last. What she discovers will change her forever. She knows she will probably die, but Maya has seen enough of death and she won't let it have her without a fight.

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Chained is the first book in the Cage of Lies Saga. Follow Maya in this heart-stopping dystopian romance filled with suspense, mystery and action. If you love Dystopian fiction best sellers like The Hunger Games, Divergent or The Gender Game then this series is for you!

Terrified of the contamination and the creatures it has created, humanity hides behind The Wall. No one knows what lies beyond the wasteland. Maya has never thought much about what might still be out there, lurking in the forgotten places. But when she's thrust into the unknown, she is forced to question everything she has ever been told. Not everyone outside died, some of them became something...else. As her heart is torn in two, every choice she makes is harder than the last. What she discovers will change her forever. She knows she will probably die, but Maya has seen enough of death and she won't let it have her without a fight.

Read this complete dystopian romance saga now on kindle unlimited with the first dystopian novel - Chained - free for everyone on kindle!

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Susanne Valenti lives in Kent, England with her husband and four fur-babies. She has worked with rescue animals and helped run the family business. In her spare time she likes to read, write, workout, watch movies and play video games (in that order).

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3,0 su 5 stelleA nice shuffle of YA paradigms especially if you like the genre

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I feel incredibly bad about this book. The author was kind enough to give me an eARC for an honest review, and I never delivered on my end of the bargain. I ended up buying it anyway just because I like to support, and it was also easier to read the purchased item since it's formatted for Kindle.

I didn't finish the novel; however, I would still highly recommend it if you are of the YA Dystopian loving variety (which has been stated numerous times, I'm really not). It has parallels in both Divergent and The Hunger Games, but doesn't mirror either and in fact puts an interesting twist on the motifs. Like many books of this variety, things are not what they seem, and those in power can't be trusted, and I was pleasantly shocked by some of the dangers Maya faced. They were a bit more raw and dire than standard YA fare, but utterly plausible in this world and situation she found herself.

The one critique I have to give (I do want to be honest) has to do with a particular character being unconscious for nearly two-thirds of the book. In fact they were still knocked out when I stopped reading. This forestalled any chances of a love triangle forming, which may have been Ms. Valenti's plan, but it seemed like a forced avoidance. Love triangles aren't inherently bad (though they have become trite I suppose), and there was (and still is) also a potential resolution that would pair all of the important characters up.

Since I know that YA is not my preferred genre, I have to take my bias against it into account. Chained is a nice scramble of popular paradigms, which is what the best stories do. YA Is supposed to show younger readers that they shouldn't always believed what they're told. They should fight for proof, not follow without any question, and learn how to think as opposed to what. A major reveal of the story comes nicely in the midst of very high stakes.

The author has several more books planned in this series so if you enjoy this, there are plenty more to come!

Chained is like a cross between The Hunger Games and The Hundred, but utterly unique in its own way. The world building is fantastic and you will fall in love with the characters. I wasn’t even half-way through the first book before I was raving to all my friends and family about it. I was completely obsessed, unable to do anything else until I finished it, then I immediately had to begin reading the next. I cannot say enough great things about these books. The love story is heart-melting, the action non-stop, and the characters fun, realistic and endearing. This is the first in a 5-book series, 4 of which are currently out. I finished the first 4 books in 3 days and I cannot wait until the 5th and final book is released! If you like YA dystopian books like Hunger Games, Divergent, The Testing, or The Hundred, then you will love this series!

What an interesting and engaging story. I was immediately taken with the premise of the story and wished I had thought of it first. Imagine, growing up in a home surrounded by a wall to protect you from the evils of the world. Who wouldn't want to live there. Unfortunately, the main character Maya and her friends find out that all is not what it seems to be. They find themselves thrust into situations completely outside their control and at times beyond their comprehension. As they work out the issues of each new day, they are confronted by evidence that what they have always taught and believed is a lie. I urge you to read this story as the evidence mounts and forces Maya to reevaluate her view of the world she has even known and grip the raw, dark realities thrust at her. I loved the book and if you like paranormal mystery/suspense, I'm sure you will too.

The characters are terrific with really good development. Maya was especially endearing. The plot was interesting, complicated and believable. It made e think it could actually happen. I'm looking forward to the next one.

In a world that has been contaminated by genetic engineering, the story opens on the young woman Maya who, we learn early on, has been left an orphan through a tragic lab accident claiming both her scientist parents. In the walled “safety” of Harbour City where she lives, this condemns her to a bare existence of closet sized living quarters and extreme prejudice from her more favored counter parts. The continued friendship of the well placed young man, Taylor, and his parents are really the bright spots to a pretty dismal existence. As the tale unfolds, we find that though there are others who can aspire to and do live in better circumstances, everyone is required to make sacrifices. Food is rationed, left overs or scraps are unheard of. Space is at a premium, to the point that a single family dwelling from the past is surmised to have housed dozens of people. Also there a rules for everything, or rather for “the good of the population”. The only sentences provided by the penal code are televised fights to death, called Sub Wars, from which only a very few have the hope of returning from to citizenship and city life.

A series of unfortunate decisions send Maya and Taylor to Sub Wars where they meet the Warden Laurie whose job is to train them to survive the battles not realizing that that there is an entirely different path waiting for all of them. What follows is a fast paced adventure filled with mutant humans, nocturnal predators and plant life that can protect itself.

In the beginning the story is a bit stilted, with a lot of exposition fit into the conversations and relationships between the characters and the situation that lands Maya and Taylor into trouble seems far fetched given the strictures of their society. However once the story leaves the city, it and the characters move full speed ahead, being both enjoyable and intense.

There is always the chance of becoming preachy when dealing with an ecosystem apocalypse. I happy to say that wasn’t the case here. Instead, the story is a surprisingly original take on the theme.

Poor Taylor seems to be more of a plot device, at times, than a character and some of the outside characters, such as Baba, could stand to be fleshed out a bit more. The reader has to trust in the main characters experience when dealing with them. Luckily those characters, Coal in particular, come across as trustworthy. There is plenty of unwritten back story begging to be told and I imagine plenty more story to come.